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5,127 works

Pen and wash drawing of armored knights fighting horsemen before a castle with round towers, over a numbered grid.

Fighting Knights Before Castle

Attributed to Robert Ker Porter, c. 1800

Watercolor of grassy coastal cliffs with grazing sheep, a dog on a path, and a pale sea stretching to a distant headland.

The Cliffs at Dieppe

Paul Huet, c. 1825

Pen and ink drawing of pollarded willow trees beside a water channel under a sun with radiating rays.

Tetards (Pollards)

Vincent van Gogh, 1884

Pencil sketch of several fishing boats with masts and rigging beached on a shore, with rowboats in the foreground.

Fishing Boats at Granville

Théodore Rousseau, c. 1851-52

Ink and wash drawing of a huntsman with a hat, staff, dead hare and dog in a landscape with distant hunters.

A Huntsman with a Dead Hare and a Dog (Study for "Terra")

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1590/95

Pencil sketch of a meadow with trees and a mountain range under open sky, inscribed Mount Lafayette, N.H.

July - Mount Lafayette, N.H.

David Johnson, n.d.

Pencil and white chalk drawing of two willow trees with bare branches on a grassy mound under a cloudy green-toned sky.

Willow

David Johnson, 1885

Pencil drawing of a flayed male figure with raised arm, red numbered muscle labels and a list of muscle names.

Male Ecorché

John Partridge, c. 1810

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a male nude seen from the back, head turned, with curly hair and draped cloth.

Male Nude Seen from the Back

Possibly Domenico Maggiotto, 1733/94

Pale sunlit street in Seville with small figures, a horse and cart, and tall buildings on either side.

Street in Seville

Charles Conder, 1905

Red chalk drawing of a seated female nude, head bowed, one arm resting on a cushion, on a tan sheet.

Seated Female Nude

Antonio Pichler, 1769

Heads of Horses and Unicorns

Follower of Leonardo da Vinci

Brown wash drawing of a wooded landscape with two women near large trees and a small building at lower right.

Wooded Landscape with Two Women in Foreground

Attributed to or after Jean Baptiste Pillement, n.d.

Pastel drawing of a nude woman seated on a bed reaching toward a lamp, with striped patterned curtains behind her.

Retiring

Edgar Degas, c. 1883

Pen and grey wash drawing of an Italianate landscape with tall trees, a river, and a walled town on a hill.

Italianate Landscape with Buildings

Follower of Nicolas Poussin, n.d.

Decorative gold initial A on blue ground with snails, strawberries and a pink flower painted within.

Snails, Strawberries and a Flower in a Decorated Initial "A" from a Manuscript

Unknown artist, n.d.

Decorated manuscript initial with red flowers and green leaves on a patterned ground, beside black musical notation.

Decorated Initial "P" with Flowers from a Manuscript

Unknown artist, n.d.

Watercolor of a girl with braids seated at a breakfast table with a pitcher, bread, and flowers in a teal room.

Little Lie-A-Bed's Sad Breakfast

Carl Olof Larsson, 1900

Pen drawing of a young woman with flowing hair riding a galloping horse past a large tree and distant mountains.

Young Woman on Galloping Horse

Johann August Rossmassler, n.d.

Watercolor of a winding valley between green hills under a pastel evening sky, attributed to David Cox.

View in Wales

the elder David Cox, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a kneeling man with clasped hands before a veiled woman, with a mosque and minarets behind.

Man Kneeling Before Veiled Woman with Mosque in Background

Johann August Rossmassler, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a man with a revolver and a woman in a ruffled gown pointing on a dim cobbled street.

La Grande Capucine

Lex de Renault, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a haloed seated monk with a book beside a standing monk, a crown on the floor, and cherubs above.

King Henry of France and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

Possibly Johann Christoph Lischka, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a relief frieze with a reclining figure on a cart, centaurs, musicians, dancers, and lions.

Bas Relief with Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne

Attributed to Leandro Ricci, n.d.

Pencil drawing of two wooden fishing boats on a sandy shore with a fishing net draped over one.

Fishing Boat on Shore

J. K. Rutter, c. 1878

Grey wash drawing of a couple in 18th-century dress beneath a large tree, with a man leaning toward a woman holding a fan.

Illustration to Roderick Random, by Tobias Smollett

Francis Hayman, c. 1760

Sepia watercolor of a thatched cottage among trees with a wooden fence and dirt path in the foreground.

At Crossington in Leicestershire

F. Smith, c. 1800

Pale grid-ruled study sketch of a Holy Family with grey wash and white highlights, with a child figure at lower left.

Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Denys Calvaert, 1580/85

Red chalk drawing of a winged angel seated and playing a lute, with sketched studies around the figure.

Angel Playing a Lute

Attributed to Jacopo Confortini, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a man in a cloak walking through a landscape toward a distant hilltop church, with a dog and a stone b

View of San Miniato and San Francesco al Monte Outside Florence

Valerio Spada, n.d.